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“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends.  It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Jesus regularly visualized the success of his efforts ... 'I always do what pleases God.' ... Was this conceit? Or was it enlightened creativity…

— Laurie Beth Jones

There is simple ignorance, which is the source of lighter offenses, and double ignorance, which is accompanied by a conceit of wisdom.

— Aristotle

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

— Anonymous

The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.

— Tom Clancy

If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.

— Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

This man, who for twenty-five years has been reading and writing about art, and in all that time has never understood anything about art,…

— Anton Chekhov

Being carefree, you can fit in anywhere. If you’re not carefree you keep on bumping up against things. Your life becomes so narrow, so…

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.

— Elvis Costello

Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

— James Dobson

Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness.

— Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart,…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Took long enough,” she called out, not wanting to admit how the sight of him made her throat hitch, how the man was so…

— Katherine McIntyre